Daichi Amano was born in Tokyo in 1988. He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts. My God Never Dies (19) was screened at the Ji.hlava Idff in Czechia. Pain of the Anonymous (21), Grand-prix winner of the 5th Moon Cinema Project, was selected for the 39th Busan International Short Film Festival and the 40th Caam Film Festival, and won the Best National Short and the Japan Premiere Award at the 17th Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market.
Don't Go is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
The story takes place in a world where, through a special device actually provided by funeral homes people can see the memories of the dead. The Imais, mother, daughter and son, decide to enter the memory of the father, who has been killed in a car accident in a seaside town, to learn why he had to hide his destination from them. In road trip in time fashion,...
Don't Go is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
The story takes place in a world where, through a special device actually provided by funeral homes people can see the memories of the dead. The Imais, mother, daughter and son, decide to enter the memory of the father, who has been killed in a car accident in a seaside town, to learn why he had to hide his destination from them. In road trip in time fashion,...
- 7/28/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
After having more than 30 credits to her name as actress, it was time for Shuna Iijima to sit in the director’s chair. And judging by the 16-minute short, “Natsuko”, she definitely did the right thing.
Bagmati River is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The story focuses on Natsuko, a middle-aged woman living with her husband in the countryside. As the film begins, we watch her returning to her house, where she proceeds on cooking and cleaning. Despite the fact that her endeavors are of the every day kind, there is an evident tension in her movements, excellently communicated by both her and the way the sound is implemented. A bit later, we see her interacting with a neighbor, played by Iijima, who sells various utensils, and we learn of the source of her tension. Her husband, a few times a year, goes away for a couple of days...
Bagmati River is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The story focuses on Natsuko, a middle-aged woman living with her husband in the countryside. As the film begins, we watch her returning to her house, where she proceeds on cooking and cleaning. Despite the fact that her endeavors are of the every day kind, there is an evident tension in her movements, excellently communicated by both her and the way the sound is implemented. A bit later, we see her interacting with a neighbor, played by Iijima, who sells various utensils, and we learn of the source of her tension. Her husband, a few times a year, goes away for a couple of days...
- 3/10/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
With a child on the way, a young couple in Hikari and Taro struggle to make the money in order to support the child and the lifestyle they desire. The conflict begins to tear apart the relationship. Furthermore, Taro’s eccentric and rich “Aunt” Kyoko makes an appearance in the couple’s life and scolds young Taro for leaving her and using her for her riches, as well as approaches Hikari and offers her a place to stay at her home.
Hikari is soon drawn into Kyoko’s world, a house filled with various misfits who cater to her wishes in return for money. It is among this group that Hikari begins to develop a deeper understanding of what she wants from life and the divide between her and Taro begins to deepen. When Taro comes to reclaim his girlfriend, he finds she has run off with one of the misfits who lived there.
Hikari is soon drawn into Kyoko’s world, a house filled with various misfits who cater to her wishes in return for money. It is among this group that Hikari begins to develop a deeper understanding of what she wants from life and the divide between her and Taro begins to deepen. When Taro comes to reclaim his girlfriend, he finds she has run off with one of the misfits who lived there.
- 12/7/2018
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
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